Twine package



(No Model.)

C. P. MITCHELL.

TWINB PACKAGE.

Patented Aug. 1,3, 1889.

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CHARLES P. MITCHELL, OF

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TWIN E PAC KAG SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,841,dated August 13, 1889. Application filed June l, 1888. Renewed Februaryl5, 1889. Serial No. 300,079. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. MITCHELL, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Twine Packages, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to twine packages, and particularly to packages oftwine which are adapted for use for binding grain uponharvesting-machines, and it has for its object the production of apackage which may be more conveniently handled, and which will containcomparatively no waste space as compared with the twine packages whichare now in use. The twine-boxes upon modern harvesting-machines arelarge enough to contain two balls of twine, one upon the other; but thisarrangement necessitates the tying of the end of one ball to the end ofthe other, which consumes valuable time, while a greater disadvantage iscaused by the use of this system on account of the large amount of spacein the box which is wasted, which might be occupied by twine. An attempthas already been made to obviate these difficulties and a package madeconsisting of a cylinder of twine which extended the ent-ire length ofthe twinebox and practically filled the same; but when the core of thecylinder had been removed the outer layers were apt to fall in and allowthe twine to become tangled and snarled, which was obviously a greatobjection to the use of that style of package.

My invention consists of a twine packagev so wound as to obviatev all ofthese difficulties, as will be readily understood by reference to thedescription of the drawings and to the claims to be hereinafter given.

Of the drawings, Figure l represents an elevation of a twine packageillustrating my intion of the same, the inner core or cylinder beingshown in elevation. Fig. 3 represents a sectional elevat-ion through theentire package, and Fig. 4 represents a sectional elevation of amodified form of 'package In the drawings, A is a core of twine formedupon a spindle in the usual manner, the twine being wound somewhat openand in a spiral direction, as is shown in the drawings.

The core A, by virtue of this method of winding, is greatly stiffenedand cannot be easily broken.

Then thev core A has reached a sufficient diameter, a ball B is woundabout one end of it, the twine from which saidball and said core isformed being continuous. The ballB having been formed upon one end ofthe core A, another ball C is wound about the other end thereof from thesame twine that the core A and the ball B were formed from.

In the drawings the ends of the core A are shown tapered; but they maybe of any other shape without altering the principles of my invention.

Instead of making the sides of the core straight they may be enlargednear the centers of the balls B and C, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to makeit impossible to pull either of these balls from the end of the core,while at the same time the balls are considerably strengthened when thecore A has been removed.

When in use upon a harvesting-machine, the package is placed within thetwine-box, which it practically fills, and the end d of the core A isattached to the binder and the core is gradually removed, so that thehollow balls B and C alone remain in the boX, after which the ball B isgradually removed, the twine being drawn from the inside in the usualmanner, and, as the end of the twine which forms the ball B is connectedto the inside end of the ball C, when said ball B has been removed thetwine will then be drawn from the interior of the ball C until the lastend b thereof has been used.

By winding the twine into this form of package the waste-space isreduced to a minimum, while, moreover, much labor in handling is alsosaved.

By virtue of this formation of a twine package there is no moreopportunity for the twine to become tangled or snarled than would be thecase were two balls of the usual construction used, while, as hasalready been stated, space is saved by the use of my improved package.

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is

l. A twine package made up of two balls wound upon an inner core whichextends from IOO one to the other, the entire package beingIntestimonywhei'eoflhave Signedmyname 1o Composed of a continuous twine.to thisspeefication,in the presence of two sub- 2. A twine package madeup of an innei' seribing' Witnesses, on this 29th day of May, coreextending lengthwise of Jche package and A. I). '1889. 5 having Woundabout said com two sei'iee of CHARLES P. MITCHELL spiral courses orlayers, each Series extending a portion of the length of said core, theentire \\"itnesses:

package being composed of a Continuons TALTER E. LOMBARD, twine. FRANKE. BRAY.

